I guess we're a little obsessed...

...with the Tarheels. I found this on Ebay and just had to get it to put on the back of our van. It had the perfect amount of feet for our family! :)

Trysten's birthday wish....

So Trysten just loves cars, if you didn't know, he actually loves mustangs and always talks about them and everytime he sees a car that he likes he thinks it's a mustang. But Keith's dream car is a Challenger and we decided to go check one out just for fun today. Oh my goodness gracious, Trysten loved it! He was going on and on about how he wants it and we couldn't get him to leave! He was touching the tires, opening the gas tank, and explaining how fire shoots out of the duel exhaust (we didn't have the heart to tell him that it really doesn't do that). I have never seen anyone so obsessed. It was pretty funny. Finally we got him back in the car and told him that we would come back and see it again. Well of course he was talking about it the rest of the day and we told him that after dinner we would go and see it again and get some pictures of him with it hoping that would make him happy. (Seriously, we didn't know what else to do to get him to stop talking about it!) We got there and he spent some more quality time with his obsession and got some pics and then of course it was hard getting him to leave again. So when we got him in the car his face lit and up and he says "Hey I have an idea! Why don't you buy it on my birthday and hide it in the garage and surprise me?!"
hmmm.... :) Funny kid. He's our future vehicle connoisseur.

Our New Puppy!

We got a new puppy a week ago! He is 10 weeks old and he is a lab/retriever mix. Of course he is a puppy so he likes to chew/bite everything in sight so we have a lot of work to do training him. Other than that he is a total sweetheart. We named him Thor like the superhero. We went through many different names but no one would agree so Thor is what we ended up with. I still don't like it very much but I am sure I will get used to it. :)
Anyway, if anyone has any good training advice please share! It has been a long time since I have had a dog!

UNC CHAMPS!!!!!

If you don't already know that Keith's dad (Reg) is originally from Wilmington, NC and they bleed Tarheel Blue, so you can imagine how happy our house was Monday night. Congrats to Tarheel nation!

Gavin's 2nd birthday

Gavin wanted a monster truck birthday so we went all out. :) He got a monster truck cake, monster truck plates, and a monster truck power wheels ride on. (which he can't drive yet but is as happy as ever while Trysten drives him around everywhere.) He was pretty cute. It was fun to watch him get so involved with everything. It's amazing the difference between ages 1 and 2. He knew just what to do and that this was HIS day. I can't believe he is 2 already!

I had to put this video on here. We started singing to him and he closes his eyes and folds his arms like we were going to say a prayer. It was pretty cute.
To top off the whole theme of the day the Monster trucks were in town that same night so we went to it with David and Lani. The kids liked it a lot. I will post pics of that later when I get them from Lani. (like always we forgot our camera)

I am having a better day now...

I hope my wonderful friend Hilary won't mind that I copy her but I just loved her last post and had to post it myself. Dieter F. Uchtdorf is such an amazing speaker and I just loved the talk he gave about us as women are all talented and "worth something" and to never get down on ourselves and to always share our gifts and talents with others. This is a little clip from that talk. I hope you enjoy it. It sure made me feel pretty good. :) CREATE
p.s. If anyone wants to read the whole talk here is the link. I really suggest you do. It's pretty awesome! Happiness, Your Heritage

"As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you."

"Those you bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."

Have a wonderful day!!

Go Tarheels!

I just had to post this picture 'cause it's so stinkin' cute. Isn't it great how Keith brainwashes our kids turning them into Tarheel fans? :) Of course this all started the day he came into the world.

He's was just upset because UNC was losing to Duke.